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A Documentary Takes a Walk Through Hélio Oiticica's Past
“My life has transformed itself into a montage of simultaneous things,” Hélio Oiticica wrote in a letter in 1971.
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We Painted Famous Artworks with Donald Trump's Face
Donald Trump came under fire again this week after making some pretty outrageous statements about GOP presidential rival Carly Fiorina’s face, so it’s especially timely that someone on the internet gifted us with “Paint with Donald Trump,” a website that lets you paint with eight of Trump’s most rid
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Use Your Phone, Animate Your Clothing
Last week, Ace Hotel’s cozy gallery space opened its latest exhibition, Blastosphere: Digital Art Becomes 3D Fashion.
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With Photography, Sarah Charlesworth Deconstructs the World
Exiting the big, steel elevator to enter Doubleworld, the first major survey of Sarah Charlesworth's work currently at the New Museum, one steps into another, double, world and directly into the gallery of Stills: 14 photographs of people jumping or falling from tall buildings.
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Sum of the Arts: Picasso Edition
Estimated number of Picasso artworks that have been stolen = 1,147
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When We Fall Out of Love with Artists
What does it say about the character of art audiences when artists who had previously been adored fall out of fashion and have scorn piled on them?
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Cutting Edge or Gimmicky? The World's First Snapchat Exhibition
Imagine going to an art show where the paintings literally self-destruct after you see them.
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Before They Disappear: A Virtual Reality Requiem for the Last Four White Rhinos
When filmmakers Eline Jongsma and Kel O'Neill began researching the Northern white rhinoceros over a year ago, there were seven on the whole planet. Now there are only four.
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Comparing the Afterlives of Peruvian and Egyptian Mummies
Chicago's Field Museum is touring its mummies for the first time, and their inaugural stop is the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
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Diagnose Your Social Issues with Facial Recognition Technology
How much time would you say you spend on your phone each day? How frequently do you post updates to your social media accounts? How much do the unread notifications on your phone bother you?
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Pablo Picasso, Now in 3D
It's hard to get excited for another Pablo Picasso exhibition. He is, after all, the Steven Spielberg of European modernism — flashy, prolific, proficient at a vast range of genres, and overrepresented in the mainstream cultural canon.
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A Mobile Stoop that Builds Community
WASHINGTON, DC — This week, artist Margo Elsayd will push a wooden stoop on wheels around Washington, DC, inviting passersby to sit on it and share stories of all sorts with anyone willing to lend an ear.